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Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
NMD3911 | Sociology of New Media | Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
The course opens with the approval of the Department at the beginning of each semester |
Language of instruction: | En |
Type of course: | Departmental Elective |
Course Level: | Bachelor |
Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
Course Coordinator : | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi TİRŞE ERBAYSAL FİLİBELİ |
Course Lecturer(s): |
Instructor MERT KAYHAN |
Course Objectives: | The course is designed to provide students with basic principles, concepts and key issues in sociology with reference to the role of the new media. Its purpose is also to analyze global developments in the light of the rise of the information society. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; - Critically evaluate new media and its implication on everyday human relations. - Critically understand the role of new media in relation to the established power structure. |
This course aims to provide the students with the necessary theoretical and analytical tools to help them comprehend the new global society that developed since the 1970s. This new period is variously defined as “post-industrial,” “information society” or the “electronic-digital age”. In this course we will employ a long-term historical perspective by also underlining key points of radical transformation. We will analyze the long-waves of twentieth century capitalism, the Fordist/Industrial and post-Fordist/post-Industrial societies and the rise of the information society since 1970s. |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation | |
1) | 1990s and the Explosion of the “Digital/Electronic Revolution” | - | |
1) | Introduction of the Course, Explanation of the Syllabus | - | |
2) | The Concepts of the “Information Society,” “Old and the New Media” | - | |
3) | The Historical Dimension: Pre-Industrial, Industrial and Post-Industrial Stages I | - | |
4) | The Historical Dimension: Pre-Industrial, Industrial and Post-Industrial Stages II | - | |
5) | Main Dynamics of the Twentieth Century: Market Economy and Unfettered Capitalism | - | |
6) | Mdterm | - | |
7) | the Transformation of the 1960s: Anti-Systemic Paradigm Shift and “New Social Movements” | - | |
8) | The Transformation of the 1970s: The Restructuring of Capitalism: Towards “Flexible Accumulation” | - | |
9) | Changes since 1980s: Neo-Liberal Revolution | - | |
11) | New Media & the New Societal Formations | - | |
12) | New Media & New Forms of Social Communication | - | |
13) | New Media, Activism & “Clicktivism | - | |
14) | At the Beginning of the 21st Century: Where do we go from here? | - |
Course Notes: | - Manuel Castells, The Rise of Network Society. Blackwell Publishers - David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity. Blackwell Publishers - Stephen Graham & Simon Marvin, Telecommunications and the City: Electronic Spaces, Urban Places. Routledge. |
References: |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Attendance | % 0 | |
Laboratory | 0 | % 0 |
Application | 0 | % 0 |
Field Work | 0 | % 0 |
Special Course Internship (Work Placement) | 0 | % 0 |
Quizzes | 0 | % 0 |
Homework Assignments | 0 | % 0 |
Presentation | 0 | % 0 |
Project | % 0 | |
Seminar | 0 | % 0 |
Midterms | 1 | % 50 |
Preliminary Jury | 0 | % 0 |
Final | 1 | % 50 |
Paper Submission | 0 | % 0 |
Jury | 0 | % 0 |
Bütünleme | % 0 | |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 50 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 50 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
Course Hours | 13 | 3 | 39 |
Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Special Course Internship (Work Placement) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Field Work | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 5 | 70 |
Presentations / Seminar | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Homework Assignments | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Quizzes | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Preliminary Jury | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Midterms | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Paper Submission | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jury | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Final | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Total Workload | 113 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | To be able to critically interpret and discuss the theories, the concepts, the traditions, and the developments in the history of thought which are fundamental for the field of new media, journalism and communication. | |
2) | To be able to attain written, oral and visual knowledge about technical equipment and software used in the process of news and the content production in new media, and to be able to acquire effective abilities to use them on a professional level. | |
3) | To be able to get information about the institutional agents and generally about the sector operating in the field of new media, journalism and communication, and to be able to critically evaluate them. | |
4) | To be able to comprehend the reactions of the readers, the listeners, the audiences and the users to the changing roles of media environments, and to be able to provide and circulate an original contents for them and to predict future trends. | |
5) | To be able to apprehend the basic theories, the concepts and the thoughts related to neighbouring fields of new media and journalism in a critical manner. | |
6) | To be able to grasp global and technological changes in the field of communication, and the relations due to with their effects on the local agents. | |
7) | To be able to develop skills on gathering necessary data by using scientific methods, analyzing and circulating them in order to produce content. | |
8) | To be able to develop acquired knowledge, skills and competence upon social aims by being legally and ethically responsible for a lifetime, and to be able to use them in order to provide social benefit. | |
9) | To be able to operate collaborative projects with national/international colleagues in the field of new media, journalism and communication. | |
10) | To be able to improve skills on creating works in various formats and which are qualified to be published on the prestigious national and international channels. |